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[Felipe De La Puente <fdelapuente@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Is there a place where I can find documentation about the current API
available to consume the location-service from a C++ app?

Thanks!
Felipe.

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Marek Greško <mgresko8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would prefer to have control over gps, whether it is ever user or not.
> I
> > understand your reasoning, but what if I want to start mapping
> application
> > without gps starting? I just want to search the map, not to navigate and
> > drain battery.
> >
>
> There are two aspects to this problem:
>
> (1.) The system should clearly indicate the status of the positioning
> engine. We are in the progress of surfacing the status more clearly.
> (2.) The respective application you are using should not use the
> positioning engine until it actually has to. As Pat pointed out, you
> can completely
> switch off the positioning engine to prevent buggy apps from accessing
> the engine without a real need.
>
> Cheers,
>
>   Thomas
>
> > Also I added comment to the bug you mentioned, that it would be nice to
> see
> > what state the gps currently is. Whether it has fix or searching or
> > powersave and so.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Marek
> >
> > 2016-01-28 17:26 GMT+01:00 Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM, royden yates <royden.yates@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:19:56 +0100
> >>> Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On 28.01.2016 14:21, Alberto Mardegan wrote:
> >>> > > On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> >>> > >> Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that
> >>> > >> actually manages to get a GPS fix for me. I haven't ever
> >>> > >> seen a GPS fix in OSMScout or any other app.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > It shouldn't make any difference, which app you are using.
> >>> > > It may be that the only thing that changes is how you use
> >>> > > the phone while location service is on:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > - The app must be active on the foreground, and the screen
> >>> > > must be on
> >>> > > - For AGPS to work, you need to have WIFI on and be
> >>> > > connected to the internet (either wifi or cellular data, it
> >>> > > doesn't matter)
> >>> >
> >>> > Yes, that's what I would think too. But well, not what my
> >>> > device agrees with... I just opened Here. It loaded, 3 secs
> >>> > later it painted where I am. I closed it again, opened
> >>> > OSMScout and well, in the meantime I've typed this mail with
> >>> > the display on and OSMScout in foreground and it still thinks
> >>> > I'm sitting on the north pole...
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Ciao,
> >>> > >   Alberto
> >>>
> >>> Another issue, is that since the change to the notification drop
> >>> down, the gps chip itself is not seen to be enabled/disabled,
> >>> but "location detection" may be shown as enabled there,
> >>> perhaps confusingly. For gps chip status, one must know to go
> >>> to System Settings -> Battery screen.
> >>>
> >>> This situation is inconsistent, as wifi and bluetooth chip power
> >>> states ARE shwon in notifications.  Why not gps?
> >>>
> >>> cheers Royden
> >>
> >>
> >> We recently updated the spec to remove the GPS control entirely as
> >> explained in
> >>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-system-settings/+bug/1533837
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Pat
> >>>
> >>>
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